MaP Graduate Symposium 2016

Over 250 participants joined for the MaP Graduate Symposium 2016. The 11^th gathering of Materials and Processes researchers at ETH Zurich once more gave an interesting overview of a variety of cutting-edge research topics.

The program of the symposium which took place on 9 June 2016, included talks and numerous posters giving insights into the research projects our young scientists are working on. The abstracts of the talks and posters can be found in our Downloadsymposium booklet (PDF, 4.7 MB). The symposium not only featured a diversified scientific program, furthermore, it offered plenty of opportunities to network with colleagues who share a common interest in the understanding and development of novel materials and next generation process technologies.

Each year, MaP awards a prize for the best interdisciplinary PhD thesis which has been completed in the past year within the MaP community. In a competitive pre-selection process, Dr. Ivo Leibacher (D-MAVT), Dr. Arabella Mauri (D-MAVT), Dr. Christian Peters (D-MAVT) and Dr. Gianvito Vilé (D-CHAB) have been nominated as finalists for the MaP Award 2016 and were invited to present the highlights of their PhD projects. We cordially congratulate Dr. Gianvito Vilé who is the winner of the MaP Award 2016 and acknowledge the high quality and excellence of PhD theses of all finalists.

In the competition for the Poster Award, the jury has nominated three finalists to creatively pitch their posters in 2 minute flash presentations. The audience elected Luca Hirt (D-ITET) as the best poster presenter, while Patrik Rohner (D-MAVT) and Lisa Poulikakos (D-MAVT) won the second and third places, respectively.

The symposium participants were furthermore given the opportunity to select the most stunning research image out of 52 image submissions. From the impressive Image Contest gallery, the images by Pedro Castro Fernandez (D-MAVT), Steven Wang (D-HEST) and Patrick Reissner (D-MAVT) were chosen as the winners.

MaP Image Contest 2016

Pedro Castro Fernandez - Winner of Image Contest
Steven Wang - 2 ^nd place of Image Contest
Patrick Reissner - 3 ^rd place of Image Contest

Impressions of MaP Graduate Symposium 2016

Opening by MaP Director Prof. André Studart Prof. Jürg Dual introducing his candidate for the MaP Award 2016 Dr. Ivo Leibacher - finalist for the MaP Award 2016 Prof. Edoardo Mazza introducing his candidate for the MaP Award 2016 Dr. Arabella Mauri - finalist for the MaP Award 2016 Prof. Christofer Hierold introducing his candidate for the MaP Award 2016 Dr. Christian Peters - finalist for the MaP Award 2016 Dr. Gianvito Vilé - finalist for the MaP Award 2016 Winners of the MaP Poster Award & Best Image Contest (from left to right): Patrik Rohner (2 ^nd place poster), Luca Hirt (1 ^st place poster), Lisa Poulikakos (3 ^rd place poster), Pedro Castro Fernandez (1 ^st place image), Steven Wang (2 ^nd place image) & Patrick Reissner (3 ^rd place image) MaP Award 2016 finalists (from left to right): Arabella Mauri, Ivo Leibacher, Gianvito Vilé (winner) & Christian Peters, together with MaP Director Prof. André Studart.
Organising Committee of MaP Graduate Symposium 2016 Many thanks to our sponsors!

photos taken by Daniel Espinoza

Many thanks to the sponsors of the MaP Graduate Symposium 2016

Organising Team MaP Graduate Symposium 2016

Dmitriy Alexeev (D-HEST), Eirini Goudeli (D-MAVT), Hana Han (D-ITET), Matthias Haug (D-MATL), Philippe Knüsel (D-MAVT), Alan Luo (D-MATL), Marta Vidiella del Blanco (D-BAUG), Marc Walter (D-CHAB), Ning Zhang (D-ITET) & Larissa Schefer (MaP).